Feb. 25, 2015 Announcements

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    Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Feb. 24, 2015:

     

    ·       Fine arts professor debuts new techniques. Read more.

    ·       Talk will focus on how the ‘Physical Internet’ can transform logistics. Read more.

    ·       Veteran’s talk rescheduled. Read more.

    ·       Free ‘My Future Is Bright’ program offers parenting skills. Read more.

     

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    DID YOU KNOW?

     

    Ants glide through the air. They also swim. These are the types of things that fascinate UofL professor Steve Yanoviak, the Tom Wallace Endowed Chair of Conservation in the College of Arts & Sciences. Read more about Yanoviak and his research in the winter/spring 2015 edition of University of Louisville magazine.

     

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    Campus-Submitted Announcement List

     

    Health and Wellness

    1.) Join Get Healthy Now’s Healthy Heart Roadshow Today on Your Campus

    IT

    2.) Lenovo Security Advisory – Superfish Vulnerability

    3.) ULink Portal, Campus Solutions and Human Resource applications

    4.) New email feature designed to increase security

    Miscellaneous

    5.) Call for summer research projects – School of Medicine

    6.) Retirement planning workshop planned

    7.) Office of Diversity & Inclusion’s Lunch & Learn – “The invention of race and its misuse in medicine and biomedical research”

    Seminars

    8.) Microbiology & Immunology Seminar rescheduled

    Studies

    9.) Breastfeeding Employees Needed for Interviews

    Talks

    10.) Intercultural Communication series features talk on Tyler Perry movies

    11.) Physics colloquium to discuss Mu2e experiment

    12.) 2014-15 Phi Beta Kappa Lecture features Mazzoli

    Grand Rounds

    13.) Cardiovascular Medicine

    14.) Medicine: Dr. Keith Hruska

     

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    Campus-Submitted Announcements

     

    Health and Wellness

    1.) Join Get Healthy Now’s Healthy Heart Roadshow today on HSC
    Feb 25, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., HSC: City Café

    Additional Information: Healthy Hearts Roadshow 

     

    IT

    2.) Lenovo Security Advisory – Superfish vulnerability

    Lenovo installed Superfish, an adware program described as a visual discovery software product on consumer notebook products (not enterprise) between September 2014 and February 2015. Superfish presents a security risk because it intercepts encrypted connections and can leave systems open to hackers. The impacted models are E, Z, Y, U, G, S and Flex-Series, Yoga, @ Miix Series. For instructions on Superfish software removal, please visit http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/superfish

    Additional Information: Help Desk, 852-7997.

     

    3.) ULink Portal, Campus Solutions and Human Resource applications undergoing weekend maintenance

    ULink Portal, Campus Solutions (CS) and Human Resource (HR) applications will be undergoing an operating system upgrade during an extended PM beginning at 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 and concluding at 8 a.m. Monday, March 2. Ulink, CS and HR will not be available during this time. Please note that other systems (e.g. Blackboard, email, instant messaging, data services, etc.) may be taken offline during the regular PM window without notice.

    Additional Information: Help Desk, 852-7997.

     

    4.) New email feature designed to increase security

    Beginning Feb. 27, IT is implementing a security measure preventing individuals from sending a large volume of email within a single hour. This new feature will protect the university from hackers or from being blacklisted by other institutions. A large-volume email will trigger an alert to IT and the account will be examined to make certain it has not been compromised. The process for sending a mass email can be found at http://louisville.edu/email/related-topics/sending-a-mass-email.html.

    Additional Information: Help Desk, 852-7997.

     

    Miscellaneous

    5.) Call for summer research projects – School of Medicine

    Summer research projects are now being solicited from faculty to submit a biomedical summer research project for our medical students. The student’s stipend support and poster production costs are covered by the School of Medicine’s Summer Research Scholar Program (SRSP) and NIH training grants. To submit a project, visit http://louisville.edu/medicine/research/students/srsp/faculty-project-submission Deadline is March 6.

    Additional Information: HSC Research Office, 852-2553.

     

    6.) Retirement planning workshop planned

    March 2, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Room 336, College of Business, Belknap Campus

    Free

    Register now to attend a two-hour retirement workshop sponsored by the School of Accountancy and presented by faculty member and certified financial planner Sheila Johnston, CPA. Topics include discussion of UofL options, amounts needed for retirement, basic retirement issues and much more.

    Additional Information: Sheila Johnston, 852-4820.

     

    7.) Office of Diversity & Inclusion’s Lunch & Learn – “The invention of race and its misuse in medicine and biomedical research”

    March 11, noon to 1 p.m., Kornhauser Library Auditorium, Health Sciences Center

    Free

    This event has been rescheduled to take place on 3/11. Guest speaker Mr. John Chenault is an associate professor and medical librarian in the Kornhauser Health Sciences Library on the UofL Health Sciences Center. He also teaches part-time in the distance education program of the Pan African Studies Department in the College of Arts and Sciences. In his spare time he is a writer, poet, composer and playwright. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to hscodi@louisville.edu by March 9.

    Additional Information: hscodi@louisville.edu or 852-7159.

     

    Seminars

    8.) Microbiology & Immunology Seminar rescheduled

    Feb. 26, noon to 1 p.m. Baxter II, Room 038

    The Department of Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series presents, “SA-4-1BBL in Cancer and Immunity” by Hampartsoum Barsoumian, PhD candidate in the lab of Haval Shirwan, PhD and Esma Yolcu, PhD.

    Additional Information: Carolyn Burton, 852-6208.

     

    Studies

    9.) Employees who breastfed while working on campus needed for interviews

    Dr. Barry Wainscott, a professor at the UofL School of Public Health and Information Sciences, and Robin Elise Weiss, a doctoral student, are looking for participants for a research study. This study is about your experiences as a UofL employee who breastfed while working on campus. If you want to take part in this study, you would be assigned to participate in a conversation with the research team, where you will discuss your experiences. IRB: 15.0006

    Additional Information: https://snapappointments.com/listing/4bM

     

    Talks

    10.) Intercultural Communication series features talk on Tyler Perry movies

    March 5, 4 to 5 p.m., Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium

    You are invited to the free Intercultural Communication Speaker Series  sponsored by the Department of Communication and the Institute for Intercultural Communication. Cerise Glenn, assistant professor of communication at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will speak on “Cautionary Tales of Cultural Assimilation: Examining Norms of Black Masculinity and Femininity in Tyler Perry’s Romantic Dramas.”

    For more information, please contact siobhan.smith@louisville.edu.

     

    11.) Physics colloquium to discuss Mu2e experiment

    Feb. 27, 3 p.m., Room 112 Natural Science Building

    Bertrand Echenard, PhD, of the California Institute of Technology, will present a talk entitled The Mu2e experiment: finding a needle in a trillion haystacks. In his seminar, Echenard will discuss the physics of charged lepton flavor violating processes and describe the Mu2e experiment.

    Additional Information: www.physics.louisville.edu/talks/171-talks-spring-2015

     

    12.) 2014-15 Phi Beta Kappa Lecture features Mazzoli

    March 11, 1 p.m.,

    Free and open to the public

    Join the Phi Beta Kappa Association of Kentuckiana and the College of Arts & Sciences for the 2014-15 Phi Beta Kappa Lecture Politics à la Carte: A Survey of Issues Local, National and International, presented by former U.S. Rep. Romano Mazzoli. A reception hosted by the Office of the President will immediately follow the lecture.

    Additional Information: Open to the public but registration recommended. tracy.heightchew@louisville.edu or 852-8977; http://attend.com/phibetakappalecture2015

     

    Grand Rounds

    13.) Cardiovascular Medicine

    Feb. 25, noon, Jewish, Rudd Heart & Lung Center, Top Floor, Conference Great Halls I & II

    The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine features Glenn Hirsch, MD, associate professor of medicine, program director, Cardiology Fellowship, UofL. Dr. Hirsch will present: “From NQWMI to NSTEMI and What’s Next?”

    Additional Information:

    monica.sivori@louisville.edu or 852-1162; website.

     

    14.) Medicine: Dr. Keith Hruska

    Feb. 26, 8 a.m., Ambulatory Care Building auditorium

    Medicine Grand Rounds features Keith A. Hruska, MD, professor of cell biology and physiology, medicine, and pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Hruska will present Cardiovascular Risk Associated with Kidney Disease.

    Additional Information: Jason Puckett, 852-1825.

     

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